Ashwin Aghor

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Ashwin Aghor is an environmentalist, wildlife conservationist, journalist, content writer and translator

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Agriculture

Unseasonal Maharashtra rains damage crops on 7 million hectares: Govt

Kharif crop in Marathwada, Konkan and western Maharashtra affected

Vulture nemesis returns in new avatar

New painkiller used on cattle gets metabolised into diclofenac

Pocket air sensors

Rapid urbanisation coupled with growing industrialisation has increased the levels of pollutants in the air manifold. But detecting these …

Goa tightens monitoring of mining business

New rules for mineral ore transportation come into force from August 15

Wang-Marathwadi dam protest called off

Government gives in-principle approval to ascertain compensation based on the annual income of affected people

Goa to cancel licences of 40 illegal mines

Mines were operating for over two decades without renewal of mining lease

11 hectares of Lavasa project land to be restored to tribals

Order to return land to two tribals of Mugaon village brightens hope of 15 other tribal people fighting to get back their land

Goa government turns focus on illegal mining in forests

Letter from revenue officer of Sanguem taluka complaining about illegal mining in forestland rang the alarm

24 die of jaundice in Maharashtra's textile city

Ichalkaranji does not have the facilities to care for the 3,500 persons taken ill by Hepatitis E

Five arrested in connection with tiger poaching in Tadoba Andhari reserve

Forest officials employed known poachers to guard waterholes

Another suspected poaching incident in Pench

Authorities fail to keep check

Wildlife & Biodiversity

Vulture numbers rise in Girnar hills

Maximum concentration of birds found on route of proposed ropeway which will destroy birds, says environmentalist

Mumbai Trans-Harbour Link on hold

National Green Tribunal orders not to begin construction on the basis of seven-year-old environment clearance

Two talukas in Maharashtra face worst drought in memory

Experts blame it on poor groundwater management, lax attitude of government in providing irrigation facilities

Lavasa may lose special planning authority status

Comptroller and Auditor General had pulled up developer for illegal expansion plans

Sand slips

Where there is a river, there is sand. Called a minor mineral, it fulfils a major requirement of the booming construction industry. No wonder, …

Angioplasty of streams

Politician-scientist duo turns an arid region in Maharashtra lush green

Goa declared scheduled area to curb groundwater exploitation

Owners of bore-wells, tankers and wells asked to register themselves in two months

Are Goa's village panchayats following high court orders on garbage disposal? State pollution board to enquire

Panchayats may face contempt proceedings

Goa's Regional Plan 2021 suspended

Manohar Parrikar orders cancellation of permissions granted to new projects under the plan

'Is Dabolim project in forest area?'

High court seeks status report from Goa's forest department in eight weeks

Goa's iron ore miners undergo pollution board check

Consent to operate will be withdrawn if mines found extracting excess ore, say officials

Goa suspends mining trade licences

Move aimed to curb illegal trading in metal ores

Forest fires singe Maharashtra

Officials say peeved tendu contractors are causing them

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